Some Baby questions ..

S_Punk · December 4, 2012, 10:21pm

Re: Some Baby questions ..

I am back again with some more grilling questions

1- Nappies .. Thinking of getting a pack each of size 1 and size 2, for the hospital .. or should i buy the newborn one? What do you guys suggest?

2- Friend asked if I have prepared a baby first aid box, I havnt and freaked out .. now I need to find out what all I need to keep around for baby health.
Gripe Water? dettol? what else? do babies need Gripe water during the first few weeks of birth? what about prune juice etc ?

3- Baby massage .. i have read that babies should be massaged almost every day , they like it and its healthy for them .. should I use Johnsons baby oil kind of thing to massage? do we start massaging babies from the first week?

4- the nappies again, oh my god, they are so freaking expensive .. or am i looking at the wrong place? how do you guys manage costing on nappies?

Don’t get size 2 diapers…they’re for babies form 12-18 lbs. Get newborn and size 1…newborn fit most babies and size 1 are for the bigger babies (8-10lb babies). So just to be on the safe side you should have both. And I would get the smallest pack available for both…it’s just a test.
You shouldn’t be giving your baby gripe water until he’s at least a month old. And even then, consult your pediatrician before you decide to give it to him. I’ve never heard of giving prune juice to babies…I would stay away from it since babies digestive systems’ are so young and still developing. You should defo have a first-aid/medical kit…thermometer, bandaids, baby tylenol/ibuprofen, gauze pads, petroleum jelly…Kinzz pretty much covered it all. If you don’t want to buy everything individually (I’m lazy =P) I just went to babies R Us/Buybuybaby and got a ready made first aid kid for infants/children. Super-easy and everything was included in it. You can re-supply items that you run low on as time goes on.
Massaging babies is good for them…helps them sleep better at night, and is just generally relaxing, I think. I started massaging my son from day one and I used Johnson’s baby oil. All you need is a couple of drops and it’s more than enough for their tiny bodies. My hospital offered a 4-day class on how to massage babies for only $10…but I was staying with my mom and she pretty much taught me it lol. I can say for a fact that a massage and bath at night defo helps my son fall asleep faster and for longer at night, he’s 2 months old and has been sleeping 5-6 hour stretches at night since he was about 3.5 weeks old. When I don’t do either he’s fussy and sleeps late, wakes up more than once at night etc. Plus my hubby gets to bond with him…and so do I…it’s fun.
Diapers are really expensive yes. I was reading an article about how the chemical in diapers that makes them really absorbent…there’s certain companies around the world that make them. There was one in Japan that made 20% of the world’s supply, and the factory burned down…and other companies were running at full production…hence, raising the price of diapers a lot more than normal. I buy my son’s Pampers from Sam’s Club (kind of like wholesale store). A back of 186 diapers costs $40 here…and a 96 pack from normal stores (babies r us etc) cost $40. =/ Try to find wholesale if you can. If you still find the prices too much, there is the option of cloth diapering. You can look it up.